Graphics cards.

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:49 am Post subject:

Ren- I just ordered a EVGA SOC 8800 GT 512 mb card from NewEgg. A bit pricey at $289 but gota have one! Very Happy

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:53 am Post subject:

Nice

now can some one just verify for me lol that the beta driver for the 7800 is the same as for the 8800 as I thought they might be different but it appears not.This way I should be able to bung my cards in and the drivers are already there.Or do I need to uninstal the driver fit the new cards then reinstall.
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:29 am Post subject:

ALWAYS do a clean driver install any time a new card is inserted into the PC. Even if they use the same driver.

1. Uninstall Video card driver.
2. Instead of rebooting, shut the PC down.
3. Remove old card, insert new card.
4. Boot up and install the driver fresh.
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:17 pm Post subject:

What sCary Deth said.

Also here's a good driver remover:

http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=driversweeper
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject:

I use Driver Cleaner Pro. It's a free download and I've never had any trouble with it.
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Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject:

Got them, installed them. I am impressed Smile

half life2 cod 4multi player with everything on is excellent same as tf2. Crysis picked everything at medium but it plays real smooth at 1600x1200 just want the sli patch still.Only odd thing I noticed is my cpu which has sat at idle at 40 degrees for 2 years is now idling at 49 or 50 I cannot see why new cards would do that.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:56 am Post subject:

Just got email notice my 8800GT will be delivered today, 2 days early!

Gotta love NewEgg!!!!!! Very Happy

WOOT!
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject:

You are going to like that I have noticed differences even in guild wars where I have not changed anything the colours and detail are unreal Smile

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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:12 am Post subject:

OK love this card! BUT it does run a tad bit hot! I had to turn up the fan to 60% using ravtuner.

Can't run the fan at 100% cuz the dang thing sounds like a jet engine! Sad

I hope I didn't get a bad card, thinking bout getting an aftermarket cooler maybe a Zalman or something...

Oh well this thing flies, what eye candy! Very Happy

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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:40 am Post subject:

Thanks Munky for that info, that card wasn't cheap! Smile

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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:51 am Post subject:

I turned everything on and both cards 1600 x 1200 and get 40 fps at times so I am either setting up wrong or expecting way too much. I have had to back off the settings so I may as well kept my old cards for multiplayer.They are great for single player though with everything turned on.Not seeing any overheating problems.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:58 am Post subject:

Ren- when I was running my twin Nvidia 7600GT's in SLI I didn't see that much of improvment! I had to back off on resolution in some games, either they were not SLI compatible or just didn't support SLI!

Oh well, single 8800GT is the way to go... Cool

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